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Minutes of the East and West Beckham Annual Parish Meeting 9th May 2019.
Mr. R. McNeil Wilson (Chairman) opened the meeting at 5.45pm
Present:- Five members of the parish council
1. The minutes of the E&W Beckham Annual Parish Meeting held on 21st May 2018 were read to the meeting and approved by those present. The chairman signed the minutes.
2. Report by the chairman of the Beckham Parish Council.
Once again its been an active year within the Parish both for the Solar Community
Fund Committee and the Parish Councillors with lots to show for their efforts.
The Solar committee have been very active during the year.
A water catchment scheme has been put in place on the allotments and the track is to
be repaired during the coming year.
Many other projects have been put in hand during the year including renewing the
Village sign at West Beckham and the household information sheet. Particular thanks
for these must go to Kathryn who has been pursuing these projects.
The agreement with The Felbeck Trust to maintain the common and nature areas has been signed.
The Felbeck Trust is a charity and does not charge for the work it carries out but relies on gifts, and donations and grants to fund its work. There has been a lot of work carried out this year and you can really begin to see the impact that this is having in the village. A donation has been agreed this year as a thank you for the work they have done.
A new Grit bin has been installed at Church Corner and a pic-nic bench placed in the
Nature area.
A new bench is being installed on the Sheringham Road to replace the one damaged
by traffic. Our thanks must go to Geoff Place for volunteering to do the work.
The land at allotment lane has been planted with a nectar flower and wild flower
mixture. It has been cut several times during the summer and winter last year to help
with it’s establishment.
It has been brought to our attention that cars are still sometimes parking on the verge
opposite Sheringham Park contrary to the signage on the road. If this is seen by any
member if the public it would be helpful if photographs could be taken and reported to
John or Norfolk County Council to help put a stop to this danger.
The successful research and implementation of capital projects suggested by the Parishioners has only been possible as a result of the hard work and tenacity by the Parish Council Councillors and particularly the SCFC Committee Members. A big thank you goes out to all involved particularly the SCFC Chairman, Julia Dovey.
If anyone can spare a few hours a month, please put your name forward to become either a SCFC committee member or a Parish Councillor. We still have a vacancy for one person on the Parish Council even after the recent elections.
Last but by no means least our thanks must go to John, our excellent Parish Clerk who goes above and beyond his duties to keep the Parish Council running so smoothly.
Thank you, John.
3. Questions from the public.. None
There being no further business the chairman closed the meeting at 5.55pm.
